Opening up a huge can of worms: Reflections on a "cultural sensitivity" course for psychiatry residents

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-253

  Willen, Sarah S ^a   Bullon, Antonio ^b,d   Good, Mary Jo D ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Departments of Psychiatry   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Health disparities; Resident training and education

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; TRUST; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; ORGANIZATION; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; EMOTIONS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRY; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77954387749     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229.2010.493748     Document Type: Review

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